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basic bottom line

expression

Meaning:
The simplest, most important truth in any situation — what it all really comes down to before anything else. It’s the raw core, the emotional or logical essence that stands before the usual bottom line, often hidden beneath layers of explanation, justification, or complexity.

Extra:
The basic bottom line comes before the bottom line — it's what everything else is built on.

Origin:
Popularized by Catalin Andrei Rajka, a Romanian creative and thinker known for concise expressions of complex thoughts.
"The basic bottom line? I started this because I needed to feel something again — all the rest came later."

"Before anything got complicated, the basic bottom line was just this: I missed her."

"Forget the strategy, the basic bottom line is — he couldn’t let go."
by Ondalin July 16, 2025
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drug line

Different from lines of drugs: strings used for leisure or torture using magnifying glasses. Can be made in to fists with steroid lines.
"What is this halucinations?" "No, they telepath and put drugs in to you using a glasses line and drug line
by Drug torture victim December 5, 2019
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Line

An European goddess with crazy beautiful looks and white skin. Her beauty can very easily make all boys fall in love with her.
Do you know that girl Line?
Yeah she has all the boys!
by Jeie soeke October 23, 2018
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line trash

A lineman who makes his work his whole personality
See that guy wearing those Klein socks and a milwaukee hat? Line trash
by judysnacks October 18, 2022
mugGet the line trashmug.

dip shit line

The slang country name for Digital Subscriber Line. DSL is the worst Internet Service there is. The Real name of it should be Dip Shit Line.
Out in the country your internet will usually be very slow and very bad Dip Shit Line that will drop off multiple times a day from usually only one ISP internet monopoly.
by VengaFan May 1, 2020
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On the line for that ass.

Originally coined by Joanlebaptiste of chaturbate fame as "Put that ass on that line". It was later modified by user _gustave to "On the line for that ass".
That girl just doesn't want to get with me. I'm on the line for that ass.
by On the line for that ass June 1, 2016
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The Finish Line

The Finish Line - is a metaphor for success in the completion or accomplishment of a good deed, goal, or task. It is based on the concept that life is a journey, but your journey is a personal race, struggle, and the good fight to cross the finish line and receive your reward, medal, degree, decree, policy, process, procedure, or crown. Used In the writings of The RhymistGift and The Consummate Transitioner, based on the Bible scripture 2nd Timothy 4:7 (KJV).
My son crossed the finish line, he graduated from high school. She crossed the finish line in receiving her Master’s Degree. It was an arduous struggle, but Congress got the bill on climate change across the finish line. The only way to cross the finish line (have success) is to keep running your race and do not ever stop or give up!
by The Rhymist Gift - CW July 10, 2021
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